Sorry, Dissertation Calls and I must Answer

Posted by X.I.R in challenges, diet, exercise, fitness, food, health, lifestyle change, motivation, overweight, success, support, weight loss, workout

I look forward to writing my blog every week. It is very therapeutic for me (and also helps me to stay on track with my lifestyle change). Today, however, I am only allowing myself a few minutes to jump on and post a short update. I have been working on my dissertation all week which is why I look like the twin of this poor fellow on the right. Finally, I am about to finish a very long (hard, inhumane, mind-numbing) portion of the "paper" (lets call it what it is..... a book) which will allow me to progress to the next phase. Therefore I am spending all my free time trying to get it done!

Also, as if I wasn't being tortured enough, I weighed and I had a bit of a gain (0.4 pounds). Great. That is just the slimy cherry on the moldy cake called life (I know ... I'm just a ray of sunshine today). I exercised really hard this past week so am not sure what happened with that (surely all that kickboxing pain wasn't for nothing). I thought I ate good all week, but didn't keep my food journal since I was so busy. For all I know I really ate enough food to feed a small village and was just in denial about it. *Sigh* The way I see it I have a few options:

1) quit working on the dissertation so I can focus all my attention on weight loss (just joking..... I think.... can't really remember why I wanted to be a "doctor" in the first place)

2) make up an excuse to make me feel better about the gain like "I'm just retaining water" (yeah and steak, and pizza), or "I'm building muscle" (right alongside the new fat cells), or "my scale is probably not working right" (my wii fit groaned when I got on and hollered out "that's obese" like it always does) , or my personal favorite "I tried something new which is just as good as losing weight" (what the hell ever).

3) or I can work the entire program like I know I should. Drink lots of water, journal all my food and exercise hard 4-5 days this week so I can see good results. Crap. Number 3 here I come.

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The Chubby Artist's Chubby Sister

Cheer up little sis.....+.4 could have the sweatshirt or jeans you were wearing....plus you will probably have a huge weight loss next week....sometimes when I work out really hard...it takes about two weeks for me to see the drop....and good job for hunkering down to knock that dissertation out...you do me proud!
n

February 8, 2009 5:51 PM

X.I.R

Thanks sis. I'm gonna be Dr. X.I.R one day, and with any luck I will also be skinny. Dare to dream. Yeah, it was the clothes I was wearing wasn't it? (Another excuse I forgot to add) :)

February 8, 2009 6:39 PM

Almay Alday

0.4 isn't bad at all! You could take another kickboxing class with your daughter, I'm sure that will help! You can work out for me too! Ha! I'm 0.8 away from my 5% goal. I was up 1.4 the other week so we'll see how this week goes! Love the quotes on our blog!

February 8, 2009 7:59 PM

Stitch Witch

Hey, 0.4 is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Focus on the dissertation - eat healthy to give you energy to keep working, do cardio to boost your stamina for all nighters, lift weights so you'll be able to lift it when you're done, and drink water to give you excuses to take lots of potty breaks ;-)

February 9, 2009 5:21 AM

X.I.R

Almay Alda, Yeah, your right .4 is not that much. Guess I am just wishing it was -4 (pounds)! Congrats on getting close to your 5% goal! Keep us posted on your progress. (Thanks for the compliments on the quotes, sometimes a little humor goes a long way!)

February 10, 2009 2:32 PM

X.I.R

Stitch witch, I was just so close to my goal (1st goal, not total goal). I just needed to lose 0.3 to meet it and instead I gained 0.4. Now I need to lose 0.7! Ugh! I'm working on all your suggestions except lifting weights. I know I need to do that but I hate being sore and it makes me sore every time! Might try to start some light weights. Thanks for commenting!

February 10, 2009 2:36 PM

Dissertation Writing Help

Whenever i see the post like your's i feel that there are still helpful people who share information for the help of others, it must be helpful for other's. thanx and good job.

December 17, 2009 11:23 AM

Chubby Sister's Roasted Romanos & Tomatoes with Tapenade

Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients:

- Kosher Salt

- 3/4 lbs. green or yellow Romano beans, cut into 2-inch lengths (3 cups)

- 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

- Freshly ground black pepper

-1-1/2 cups assorted-color cherry tomatoes

-1 tsp minced garlic

-1 tsp fresh thyme leave

-1 recipe easy Tapenade (below) [you will want to go ahead and have all these ingredients prepped and ready to put in the food processor before beginning to cook the beans]

Instructions:

ONE: Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil. Cook the beans in the water until crisp-tender, 4 to 6 minutes. Drain and run under cold water to cool. Drain well.

TWO: Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 425 degrees. Put the beans in a medium bowl, toss with 1 Tbsp of the olive oil, and season with 1/2 tsp salt and a few grinds of pepper. spread the beans in one layer on a heavy-duty rimmed baking sheet, leaving space for the tomatoes.

THREE: In a small bowl, toss the tomatoes with the remaining 1 Tbsp oil, garlic, thyme, 1/4 tsp salt and a few grinds of pepper. spread the tomatoes on the baking sheet.

FOUR: Roast the beans and tomatoes just until the tomatoes start to split, 7 to 10 minutes. Slide the beans onto a serving dish, topped with the tomatoes and dot liberally with the tapenade. Serve, with additional tapenade on the side.

FIVE: [we made this while the beans and tomatoes were roasting - see note above] Yields one scant cup:

-1/2 cup pitted Nicoise or Kalamata olives (pitting these is no fun so anti-up for the pitted version).

-2 Tbsp fresh lime juice

-2 anchovy fillets, rinsed

-1 medium shallot, quartered and peeled

-1 large clove garlic, quartered and peeled

-1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

-3 Tbsp finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

-kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Put the olives, lime juice, anchovies, shallot, and garlic in a food processor and process until smooth, about 20 seconds. With the machine running, slowly add the olive oil through the feed tube and process until you have a smooth paste. Stir in the parsley and season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Make this, I did!

Brushetta Chicken Bake

1 can (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained

1 pkg (6 oz.) Stove top stuffing mix for chicken (I try to use the whole wheat with fiber if I can find it)

1/2 cup water

2 cloves garlic, minced (I buy the already diced stuff in the jar since I am lazy)

1-1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces

1 tsp. dried basil leaves (probably would have been great but I didn't have any so substituted parsley flakes and was still great)

1 cup low or reduced fat Mozzarella Cheese (make sure you use a good cheese, not rubbery! The two times I have made this I used Sargenteno's and weight watchers and it was good both times).

1) heat oven to 400 degrees F. Mix tomatoes, stuffing mix, water and garlic just until stuffing mix is moistened.

2) layer chicken, basil, cheese and stuffing in 13x9 inch or 3-qt baking dish. ( I like to sprinkle cheese as the last layer on top)

3) bake 30 min. or until chicken is cooked through.

This is so easy, so tasty and low fat. I like to serve it with a light caesar salad. Yum.

Chubby Sister's Balsamic-Marinated Pork Chops & Grilled Peaches

Serves 4. Hands-on time: 10 minutes. Total time: 1 hour, 20 minutes (which includes 1 hour marinating)

Ingredients: -1/3 cup balsamic vinegar -1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil -3 tbsp honey -1 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped -4 (5 oz) lean boneless pork chops, trimmed of visible fat -Olive oil cooking spray (optional) [I used 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil] -Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste -4 peaches, halved and pitted [I quartered them] -Fresh thyme leaves for garnish

Instructions: ONE: In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, oil, honey and rosemary. Reserve 2 tbsp and add the rest to a 1-gallon zip-top bag. Add pork to bag and refrigerate for 1 hour, turning occasionally. TWO: Preheat broiler to high or coat a grill pan with cooking spray and heat to medium-high over stove. Remove pork from fridge, discard marinating liquid and season pork with salt and pepper. Broil pork or cook in grill pan until pork is opaque throughout and feels firm to the touch, or until internal temperature reaches 160° F on an instant-read thermometer, about 5 to 6 minutes per side.

THREE: meanwhile, cook peaches under broiler or in a grill pan over medium heat until tender and juicy, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate, season with pepper and brush with reserved 2 tbsp marinade [I reserved a little extra to go on the pork chop too]. To serve, place a pork chop on each of 4 plates and top with 2 peach halves. Garnish with thyme leaves.

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